Disappearance of Cédrika Provencher
| Cédrika Provencher | |
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| Born |
29 August 1997 Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Disappeared | July 31, 2007 (aged 9) Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Status | Deceased Remains found December 11, 2015 in Saint-Maurice |
Cédrika Provencher (born 29 August 1997) was a Canadian girl from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, who disappeared aged 9 on . Her disappearance resulted in the biggest police search in Quebec's history. She was officially declared merely "missing" by Sûreté du Québec on 31 July 2007, but Quebec media believed that she was kidnapped. Despite the offer of a reward, her whereabouts remained unknown for more than eight years.
On 12 December 2015, Quebec police announced that her remains had been found in Mauricie, Quebec.
Cédrika was asked by a man to help search for a lost dog, and agreed to help. She cycled around the area, knocking on doors and asking residents if they had seen the dog. She was seen emerging from a wooded area with a friend, closely followed by a man. She was then seen on her bike in a local park and on various nearby streets. At 8:30 pm, her bicycle was found leaning against a fire hydrant on the corner of rues Chabanel and Chapais. On 3 August 2007, it was suggested that she had been abducted. On 8 August, the Sûreté du Québec issued a wanted notice for Cédrika, suggesting that she had voluntarily run away rather than being abducted, despite this the media continued to affirm that she had been abducted. Many people assisted in the search for Cédrika, with no significant results.
Between August 2007 and July 2008, various newspapers published information on various aspects of the search, but no concrete information surfaced to be able to find Cédrika or even to establish whether she was still alive.
On 11 December 2015, three hunters stumbled upon a set of human remains in the woods in Saint-Maurice, a suburb of Trois-Rivières close to Highway 40, about 15 km from the last place Cédrika had been seen. On 12 December, it was confirmed that the remains were Cédrika's although police had no further information at the time and said they would need to carry out further investigations. On 16 December, Radio-Canada revealed that investigators were still looking for a person of interest who had been seen around the area where Cédrika disappeared.
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